Middle East & North Africa

A complex network of Al Qaeda affiliated terrorist organizations overseen by US and allied intelligence agencies has unfolded, extending across the Middle East, North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, Western China, South and South East Asia.
Libya is among the World's largest oil economies with approximately 3.5% of global oil reserves, more than twice those of the US.
The Iraqi parliament suspended the corrupt 2014 agreement with the Obama administration which invited the US to lead a fake counterterrorism operation directed against the Islamic State (ISIS-Daesh), made up of mercenaries who are funded, trained and recruited by US-NATO, with the support of Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Iraq is in the eye of the storm. Washington's "maximum pressure" campaign on Iran and Tehran's response put heavy pressure on the Iraqi government, a partner for both. The US expects Baghdad to resist Iran, and Iran expects Baghdad to resist the US. An almost impossible position.
CIA “Interrogations” in Iraq: Torture and Rape of Detained Women European Court of Human Rights Labels CIA Interrogation Procedures as “Torture” By Dirk Adriaensens, December 19, 2012
Wave of Bombings Batters Iraq in Deadliest Attacks in Months By Jason Ditz, December 18, 2012
An Inconvenient Truth: Israeli Apartheid By Paul R. Pillar, December 18, 2012
Towards a Regional War and an Integrated Military Agenda: Washington Targets Syria and Iran By Stephen Lendman, December 18, 2012
Iraq: Crimes against Humanity. The Babies Will Haunt Us By Kelley B. Vlahos, December 18, 2012
How to Criticize the Israeli Government By David Swanson, December 17, 2012
Israel Is Shooting Farmers for Trying to Farm: Got Any Tears for Them? By Joshua Brollier, December 17, 2012
Obama’s War on Syria and its Implications. The Iraq War Scenario is being Repeated By Shamus Cooke, December 17, 2012
Islamofascist Killers Threaten Syria By Stephen Lendman, December 17, 2012
US-backed Free Syrian Army has “Crossed the Line”. Could Unleash a Chain of Events which would Pull Russia into the Conflict By John Robles, December 17, 2012
The U.S. and Israel have made a Joke of the United Nations Security Council By Glenn Greenwald and Kourosh Ziabari, December 16, 2012
War Crimes: Iraq’s Red Crescent under Attack. Complicity of US Occupation Forces By Dirk Adriaensens, December 16, 2012
Syria: Growing Presence of Al Qaeda Extremists Creates Fear and “Uncertainty Regarding Future of our Country” By Xinhua, December 16, 2012
Iran warns Patriot missiles in Turkey could lead to World War III By Stop NATO, December 16, 2012
NATO Turns Up Heat in Syria Psy Op War By Tony Cartalucci, December 16, 2012
US backed “Free Syrian Army” has “Crossed the Line”: Threatens to Kill Russians and Ukrainians in Syria By Global Research News, December 15, 2012
Syria Chemical Weapons: Canadian Special Forces to Assist “Opposition”? By Eric Walberg, December 15, 2012
US Recognizes Unelected Al Qaeda Terrorists as Syrian “Representatives” By Tony Cartalucci, December 15, 2012
US-Backed Syrian “Opposition” Demands Support for Al Qaeda By Tony Cartalucci, December 15, 2012
Car Bombs Kill 24 Civilians on Outskirts of Damascus By Jason Ditz, December 14, 2012
Russian Foreign Ministry: Danger of Syria Chemical Weapons Falling in the Hands of Terrorists By Ria Novosti, December 14, 2012
Propaganda War on Syria Rages By Stephen Lendman, December 14, 2012
Western Sanctions and the War Against Iran’s Public Health By GRTV, December 13, 2012
Iran Dialogue or US Diplomatic Detour? By Dr. Ismail Salami, December 13, 2012
America’s Power Game: Iranian People Victims of US Economic Sanctions By Kourosh Ziabari, December 13, 2012
Military Intervention in Syria? The Troubled Middle East and NATO’s Future Plans By Natalia Meden, December 13, 2012
Assessing the Role of the Muslim Brotherhood: The Arab Winter may leave America “Out in the Cold” By Stop NATO, December 13, 2012
Syria: “Chemical Propaganda” and Fabricated Evidence By Julie Lévesque, December 12, 2012
Bahrain is a Closed Society and the West is on the Same Path By Patrick Henningsen, December 12, 2012
Unmasking the Muslim Brotherhood: Syria, Egypt, and Beyond By Eric Draitser, December 12, 2012
Syria Propaganda Looking a Lot Like Iraq Propaganda By GRTV, December 12, 2012
Syria: Tightening the Noose By Stephen Lendman, December 12, 2012
Won’t Get Fooled Again? Hyping Syria’s WMD ‘Threat’ By David Edwards, December 12, 2012
Gold Sanctions on Iran As Currency Wars Escalate By Global Research News, December 12, 2012
Washington “Discovers” Terrorists in Syria By Bill Van Auken, December 12, 2012
To the Children of Syria – A Poem By Global Research News, December 12, 2012
US Defense Contractors Training Syrian Rebels to Handle Chemical Weapons By John Glaser, December 11, 2012
Sanctions Are Destroying Iranian Society By Mehrnaz Shahabi, December 11, 2012
Syria Boils. War Propaganda Abounds. Full Scale Western-led Intervention Looms? By Stephen Lendman, December 11, 2012
Post Gaddafi Era: Libyan Women Losing Rights By Prof. Lawrence Davidson, December 11, 2012
Israel Defeated at the United Nations By Jack A. Smith, December 10, 2012
Colin Powell: “Iraq has No WMDs and is Not a Threat” By GRTV, December 10, 2012
Libya and Beyond: Obama Turned Out Worse Than Bush By Dan Glazebrook, December 10, 2012
US Secretly Pushing for Islamic Fascist Regime in Egypt By F. William Engdahl, December 10, 2012
From 9/11 to the Middle East War: Syrian Terrorists Trained by the KLA in Kosovo By Thierry Meyssan, December 10, 2012
Egypt Opposition Blasts Morsi for Withdrawing Edict By Jason Ditz, December 10, 2012
Syrian “Rebels” establish Unified Military Command under De Facto NATO Jurisdiction By Oliver Campbell, December 10, 2012
NATO to Deploy Six Patriot Missile Batteries and 600 Troops to Turkey By Xinhua, December 10, 2012
Russia Will not Allow Repetition of “Libya Scenario” in Syria By Global Research News, December 10, 2012
Egypt and Argentina: The Right-Left Alliance By Prof. James Petras, December 10, 2012
Preemptive Strike on Syria Looms By Stephen Lendman, December 10, 2012
Raising Money for Killers By Stephen Lendman, December 09, 2012
Potential Military Confrontation: Russia Arms Syria with Powerful Ballistic Missiles By Global Research News, December 09, 2012
Protests spread throughout Egypt against Islamist dictatorship By Johannes Stern, December 09, 2012
Israel’s Fourth President, Ephraim Katzir, Founded IDF Biological Weapons Program By Richard Silverstein, December 09, 2012
NATO Intervention in Syria Imminent? By Stephen Lendman, December 09, 2012
Destroying Libya: A War for “Human Rights”? By Maximilian Forte, December 09, 2012
Former military adviser to Colin Powell ‘skeptical’ of ‘politicized’ US intelligence on Syria By RT, December 09, 2012
Mounting Evidence of US Plans for Military Intervention against Syria By Chris Marsden, December 08, 2012
West’s Stance on Syrian Chemical Weapons: Prelude to Military Intervention? By Xinhua, December 08, 2012
Missile Deployment Points to NATO Military Involvement in Syria Conflict By Global Research News, December 08, 2012
Militarization of Israel’s Apartheid Wall: Anglo-Danish Security Giant G4S Services Military Checkpoints By Global Research News, December 08, 2012
Middle East on the Boil By Stephen Lendman, December 07, 2012
NATO Attacked Afghan Health Clinic in Serious War Crime By John Glaser, December 07, 2012
US tightens military noose around Syria By Bill Van Auken, December 07, 2012
Potential War Against Syria: Chemical Weapons, Russian Warships and Terrorists By Washington's Blog, December 07, 2012
Photos of Israeli War Crimes in Gaza By Global Research, December 07, 2012
NATO Expansion into the Middle East, Confronting Russia, Systematic Surrounding of China By Rick Rozoff and John Robles, December 07, 2012
Deployment of Unmanned Drones: Israel To Strike Iran From Azerbaijan By Xinhua, December 07, 2012
Israel: Heading for a Political Cliff? By Stephen Lendman, December 06, 2012
US to Add Syrian Rebel Group to ‘Terrorist’ List By Jason Ditz, December 06, 2012
US Sponsored Genocide Against Iraq 1990-2012. Killed 3.3 Million, Including 750,000 Children By Sherwood Ross, December 06, 2012
10,000 U.S. Troops – Plus French, British Forces – Get Ready for War Against Syria By Washington's Blog, December 06, 2012
WMD Hype: Syrian Government will not Use Chemical Weapons against its Own Citizens By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, December 05, 2012
Chemical Hype Behind Patriot Games on Syria Border By Pepe Escobar, December 05, 2012
Syria and the Strategic Balance of Eurasia By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, December 05, 2012
Israel’s Doomsday E-1 Settlement. Diabolical Encroachment to Prospective Palestinian State By Nicola Nasser, December 05, 2012
Obama and Al Qaeda By Bill Van Auken, December 05, 2012
Israel Gives Chutzpah New Meaning By Stephen Lendman, December 05, 2012
Syria War Preparations: NATO Selects Patriot Missile Sites In Turkey By Ria Novosti, December 05, 2012